which islands in Japan were surrendered to the USA after Japan lost the war?

Answer 1

I guess it depends on what you want to know when you ask "surrendered to the USA." There were a number of basic documents and declarations relating to the Japanese surrender. Three pertinent ones were (note: long, legal texts follow - skip to end for summary):

-The Cairo Declaration of 1943, in which the UK, the US, and China agreed and declared that "The Three Great Allies are fighting this war to restrain and punish the aggression of Japan. They covet no gain for themselves and have no thought of territorial expansion. It is their purpose that Japan shall be stripped of all the islands in the Pacific which she has seized or occupied since the beginning of the first World War in 1914, and that all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa, and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China. Japan will also be expelled from all other territories which she has taken by violence and greed."

-The 1945 Proclamation Defining Terms For Japanese Surrender, which states:
(7) Until such a new order is established and until there is convincing proof that Japan's warmaking power is destroyed, points in Japanese territory to be designated by the Allies shall be occupied to secure the achievement of the basic objectives we are here setting forth.

(8) The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine.

-And the 1951 San Fransisco Treaty of Peace with Japan, which says:
(b) The Allied Powers recognize the full sovereignty of the Japanese people over Japan and its territorial waters.

CHAPTER II

TERRITORY

Article 2

(a) Japan, recognizing the independence of Korea, renounces all right, title, and claim to Korea, including the islands of Quelpart, Port Hamilton and Dagelet.

(b) Japan renounces all right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores.

(c) Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kurile Islands, and to that portion of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the Treat of Portsmouth of September, 5,1905.

(d) Japan renounces all right, title and claim in connection with the League of Nations Mandate System, and accepts the action of the United Nations Security Council of April 2, 1947, extending the trusteeship system to the Pacific Islands formerly under mandate to Japan.

(e) Japan renounces all claim to any right or title to or interest in connection with any part of the Antarctic area, whether deriving from the activities of Japanese nationals or otherwise.

(f) Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Spratly Islands and to the Paracel Islands.

Article 3

Japan will concur in any proposal of the United States to the United Nations to place under its trusteeship system, with the United States as the sole administering authority, Nansei Shoto south of 29 north latitude (including the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands), Nanpo Shoto south of Sofu Gan (including the Bonin Islands, Rosario Island and the Volcano Islands) and Parece Vela and Marcus Island. Pending the making of such a proposal and affirmative action thereon, the United States will have the right to exercise all and any powers of administration, Iegislation and jurisdiction over the territory and inhabitants of these islands, including their territorial waters.


Summary:
So, if you read through all that, you see that immediately following the war, Japan surrendered all its territory gained by military action, and all UN mandate over Pacific islands. It maintained sovereignty over the four main Japanese islands, but these were administered under US direction until the 1951 San Fransisco Treaty. The US also retained control over the Nansei Shoto islands extending from Kyushu to just off Taiwain (including Okinawa) and the Nanpo Shoto islands (including Iwo Jima), which extend south from Tokyo Bay to near the Mariana Islands. Control of these islands were gradually returned to Japan between 1953 and 1972.

Answer 2

I don't know what "surrender" exactly means. But after World War II, the USA governed Okinawa.

On May 15, 1972, the USA transferred the administration to Japan and Okinawa again became part of Japan.

Ogasawara islands that were 1,000 km south to Tokyo were occupied by the U.S. Navy after the war. The islands were returned to Japan in 1968, when the Japanese evacuees were finally allowed to return.

Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogasawara

Answer 3

The belief was that an ground invasion of the Japanese Home Islands could have cost between 250,000 and 1,500,000 US troops and over 4 million Japanese, if 75,000 Japanese civilians died in the A-bomb attacks, that was cheap by comparison. Plus Truman was facing a potential steel strike in 1946 that could have crippled American materiel shipping. Additionally, Truman wasn't read in to the Manhattan Project until FDR's death, so he only had a short time to make the decision. Finally, there WAS no International Criminal Court to try Truman for war crimes, even if ANYONE had been willing to charge him (which no one was) because the ICC grew out of the Nuremberg Tribunals for the Nazi party members.

Answer 4

The USA didn't get any islands. America's reward was that they got to be the ones to rebuild Japan, it's government, and constitution. America was allowed to occupy South Korea after the war, but it didn't gain the territory.

Of course, other territories were returned to other nations:
China got back its territories (including Taiwan, Macao, and formerly German-controlled areas)
France was given back Indochina (Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos)
Soviet Union gained its territories back (and took the Kuril Islands, which are still disputed today) and occupied North Korea
British regained Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, and Burma
Philippines were simply given back their country
The Netherlands gained back Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

After these territories were given back, many of these nations fought for independence.

Answer 5

None. The only war I know of involving the USA and land ownership is probably the Revolutionary war and the Mexican-American war. We did not go to war with Japan to take over their countries. We struck back for what they did at Pearl Harbor.

Answer 6

No territories were surrendered. The US only claims sovereignty in Okinawa, where its Marine military base it.

Answer 7

No Japanese territory was surrendered to the allies following the end of WWII.

Answer 8

I am pretty certain that Japan ceded no territory to the US after WWII.

Answer 9

God, spare us all the effort and just Google it.

Then, come back here and ask an intelligent question.

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Answer 10

Dude....zero.